Official Timing Stand, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 1956
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In the 1930s, land speed racers everywhere began to flock to a landscape seemingly custom made for their sport: Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. The hard, white salt provided a smooth running surface while the 46 square miles of open space offered plenty of room to speed up and slow back down. Typically, speed records were based on the average over an out-and-back run.
In the 1930s, land speed racers everywhere began to flock to a landscape seemingly custom made for their sport: Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. The hard, white salt provided a smooth running surface while the 46 square miles of open space offered plenty of room to speed up and slow back down. Typically, speed records were based on the average over an out-and-back run.
Artifact
Photographic transparency
Date Made
1956
Subject Date
1956
Place of Creation
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2010.37.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2.375 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
on sign: OFFICIAL TIMING STAND / INTERNATIONAL / RECORD TRIALS / BONNEVILLE SALT BEDS, UTAH / ELEVATION 4228 FEET
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